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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1976
Page
5
The statements from Mount Dora City Co candidates address future funding needs, city priorities, sewage and pollution challenges, East Town improvements, and governance structure from strong mayor to council majority. They outline views on where operations and policy should reside and how to tackle local issues.
Lifelong Mount Dora resident Lav and Clayton runs on taxes, utilities, and grants. He pledges equal enforcement across the city, addresses sewerage and paving, supports growth management, and proposes abolishing the East Town label to unite the community.
John Coffield, a 24 year Mount Dora resident, champions preserving the city’s atmosphere while advancing services and land use through sound long range planning. He advocates fair, majority council control over expenditures and decisions.
Cox proposes selling city property to raise funds and urges realism on costly projects. He footnotes potential grant funding and the need for some taxation, favors a short prioritized list of future projects, and argues against consolidating policy in a single leader while promoting council mayor collaboration.
Gordon Dake outlines a long tenure and clear goals for Mount Dora leadership. He emphasizes upgrading fire and street equipment street paving sewer needs and controlling costs with county cooperation while opposing a shift to strong mayor or city manager one man control.
Colene Hutcheson urges council to prioritize prudent spending and growth. She calls study of revenue sources, real estate, and migrant-worker taxation, with no new spending until core services are funded and equipped. She warns sewerage expansion must be done correctly and favors a city charter update and a comprehensive growth plan.
C. O. Lott announces his bid for another term on the Mount Dora City Council citing six years of service. He emphasizes representational needs for the southeast and northeast sections, city revenue from ad valorem taxes and utilities, and enforcement consistency while urging federal and state cooperation on sewage plans. He pledges to support home loans and questions mayoral powers under the strong mayor system.
Ron Aicher informed City Clerk Frank Clifton he was withdrawing from the December 14 ballot. He cited his business duties running WGTW and Preferred Radio as making council duties impractical. He plans to follow city affairs via editorial and broadcasting and would consider future public office if time permits.
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